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06-27-2014 10:38 AM

Ace GSD

Update on Ace. He is doing better now. Two potty times so far everything look good. No vomiting either. The vet put him on iams veterinary intestinal plus atm.

It is not necessarily the kibble - his gut will be inflamed for a while after that severe digestive upset.

I would go back to the bland diet - and you want the rice so overcooked it is like soupy gruel. Preferably chunked boneless chicken breast for the protein - 1-2 tbsp of yogurt each meal for 5 days - even if you notice an improvement.

After 5 days pick a kibble. Now add 25% kibble to 75% bland diet + yogurt. do that for 48 hours or until you see poops stabilize

After about a 10 days your dog will be back on kibble, you can continue the yogurt.

When switching in the future, use the formula above, but switch the bland diet out for the new diet.

Hope this helps!

06-26-2014 02:08 AM

my boy diesel

actually it makes a ton of sense if you have ever dealt with either coccidia or giardia
stress can cause a flare up of either one and switching diet is a stress

both tend to live in the gut and resurface at times of stress btw
you can have either or both and not have symptoms
or you can have symptoms and not test positive for either one
makes it tough to treat which is why often a vet will treat as if the dog has it if the dog has symptoms

06-26-2014 01:25 AM

N Smith

It is not necessarily the kibble - his gut will be inflamed for a while after that severe digestive upset.

I would go back to the bland diet - and you want the rice so overcooked it is like soupy gruel. Preferably chunked boneless chicken breast for the protein - 1-2 tbsp of yogurt each meal for 5 days - even if you notice an improvement.

After 5 days pick a kibble. Now add 25% kibble to 75% bland diet + yogurt. do that for 48 hours or until you see poops stabilize

Oh I misread sorry. Raw feeding may seem a bit daunting but it's really not that bad/scarey. Do plenty of research and read some threads on here to get a better idea of it and see if it's something that you can do.

Yup on it now... and i do expect people to misread my posts a little because of my english and grammar skill haha

Actually the 2nd time i tried a different kibble and im thinking raw now.. but scared lol ... its a new thing for me

Oh I misread sorry. Raw feeding may seem a bit daunting but it's really not that bad/scarey. Do plenty of research and read some threads on here to get a better idea of it and see if it's something that you can do.

His stools went back to normal off the kibble (and then back to loose on it again) so it's probably the kibble. Logical conclusion. You have a few options 1. Slowly switch to a different kibble 2. Switch to raw feeding or 3. Keep trying to feed said kibble and try to treat for possible gut issues. Personally, I would want to switch him to raw and if not possible to a different kibble that doesn't sit wrong with his gut.

Actually the 2nd time i tried a different kibble and im thinking raw now.. but scared lol ... its a new thing for me

06-26-2014 12:50 AM

KaiserandStella

His stools went back to normal off the kibble (and then back to loose on it again) so it's probably the kibble. Logical conclusion. You have a few options 1. Slowly switch to a different kibble 2. Switch to raw feeding or 3. Keep trying to feed said kibble and try to treat for possible gut issues. Personally, I would want to switch him to raw and if not possible to a different kibble that doesn't sit wrong with his gut.

06-25-2014 11:30 PM

Sunflowers

It makes zero sense to say it is Giardia or Coccidia, if a change in diet resolved the problem.

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